Improvement in hinges for lounges



A. SPIEGEL. I

Hinges for Lounges. 'N0.142,957. I PatentedSeptember16,l873.

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l WW MW 14 AUGUSTUS srieeenor INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

lMPRCVEWiENT EN HlNGE$ FOR LOUNGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. fl l2,957, dated Septunbcr 16, 1873-; application filed April 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, AUGUsTUs SPIEGE}, of the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain Improvements in Hinges for Lounge-Beds, of which the following is a specification:

My improvement consists in a hinge eonst-ructed in such a manner that when the hinge is open one of the baseplates can be moved laterally,and, at the same time,'carry one leaf of the hinge with it away from the other base plate with a'oircular motion, and then return it, so that the hinge proper is at right angles to its line of motion, thus forming a rigid joint that cannot be closed until the operation just referred to is reversed. The object of this hinge is to allow the front part of the lounge to be moved away from the body of the same as it is carried back in a lateral direction, so

i that the upholstering will not be injured by friction.

Figure 1 represents a pair of my improved hinges placed upon two pieces of wood, also showing the position of the pieces when opened. Fig. 2 represents the same after the hinges have been moved in a lateral direction, and represents the joint of thehinge at right anglcs from that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents the hinge open, with the joint of the hinge parallel with the leaves. Fig. 4 represents the hinge as it is when at one-halt of its lateral motion. Fig. 5 represents the same, the leaves reversed and the hinge-joint at'right angles from that of Fig. 3.

A and 13 represent two pieces of wood, to which the triangular base-plates (l l) of the hinge E in G are attached by means ot'screws X Y Z. 'llhese plates 0 and l) have a circular slot,

J, one side of which is beveled at P. On these base-plates (J D is a hinge, E F G, pivoted at Hi1, each leaf of the hinge having 3. lug, K, which is beveled on one side to lit the-bevel in the groove or slot J, the several parts being placed together. The operation is as follows: The two baseplates 0 and I) are secured to the two pieces of wood, A and B. \Vhen it is required to open the hinge it is as represented in Fig. 1, after which the plate B can be moved in the direction of the arrow B; or the part A may be moved in the opposite direction, and, as the hinges are pivoted at H. H this causes them to open with a circular motion until they take the position otFig. 1; then, as the motion is continued the plates 0 and D cometogcther again, occupying the posit-ion represented in Fig. 2; here thejoint Got the hinge E 1* is at right angles to the base-plates (J D, and the joint is rigid and cannot be turned back until the positionot' the base-plates is brought back to that of Fig. 1, when the hinge can be closed.

1. The base-plates U 1), provided with a circular slot, J, one edge being beveled at 1,- substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination otthe hinge E FG with the base-plates U and l), as and l'or the purposes hereinbel'ore set forth.

In testimony whereot'l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing wituesses.

AUG USTUS Sll EU 1*] l1.

Witnesses JOHN H. Barry, Unmsrmu Srnaunn. 

